Trying to salvage a good page gone bad

How do YOU salvage a page when it is not going in the direction you'd like? Do you just toss it? Do you make the most of it and then move on? I started with a watercolor doodle:

And then, I added some black ink, white scribble paint and then it just got out of control. I ended up covering up large parts of it with other papers and magazine pictures. Oh well! Sometimes you just keep going with your pages and see where they take you.

I've been doing a really fun project with my students at school: STRING BALLS. (that's my other blog about teaching art). You make them by blowing up a balloon and covering the balloon with yarn dipped in glue. Here are some of the pics from that project:

I never throw anything away (well, almost never) I always try to use the canvas for something and make a texture and start over ...we are alike there. love the balls of colorful string and as a mobile genius ! cool for sure- KAT -

I'm liking those string balls...creatively cool! And your page looks awesome too...maybe you just need to step back and look at it in a different light! I find that sometimes it's better to let it simmer and see! POP ART MINIS

All I can say is I like it. I threw some of my art away and now I wish I didn't. ...there is always another life to an art piece. Come to think of it Masters painted over art work they disliked.And those yarn balls are great. I'll have to tell my neighbour( kindergarden teacher ) your craft idea. Thanks so much for sharing. By the way I bet the kids loved the art class you gave.These are so very cool!

I am loving the string balls and remember doing a very similar project with one of my classes except we also crumples some cellophane into them and then they were like stained glass hangers, the light in the classroom was amazing... if a little trippy at times. Love your blog and enjoying following!

I thought your watercolor doodle was awesome but love the way the page turned out too! Your string balls are cool too. I recently saw someone make pumpkins out of them by sitting them on a surface while they were drying for a flat bottom and then cutting out the top, inserting a string of lights and making a stem. Way cute.